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WORLD CANCER DAY

'Massacre,' 'death sentence': Lebanese cancer patients shout their anger in the street

The subsidies on cancer drugs will not be lifted, maintains caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad.

'Massacre,' 'death sentence': Lebanese cancer patients shout their anger in the street

Protesters and cancer patients demonstrating in downtown Beirut's Riad al-Solh Square against the difficulty of access to treatment, Feb. 4, 2023. (Credit: João Sousa/L'Orient-Le Jour)

BEIRUT — "Put an end to your corruption so that our medicines are insured!" "Lifting subsidies on cancer drugs is a death sentence!" "Stop the massacre of adults suffering from cancer!"Responding to a call to protest by the NGO Barbara Nassar...
BEIRUT — "Put an end to your corruption so that our medicines are insured!" "Lifting subsidies on cancer drugs is a death sentence!" "Stop the massacre of adults suffering from cancer!"Responding to a call to protest by the NGO Barbara Nassar...